Bill Laswell
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- Kilgore Trout
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Bill Laswell
Tape OP RULES!!!!
I would love to see an interview with Bill Laswell.
This guy is a genius.
Some of his production, and collaboration credits include: ..to name a few
* Ahlam
* Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects
* Laurie Anderson*
* Atom Heart
* Azzddine
* Ginger Baker
* Afrika Bambaataa
* Paul Bowles
* Jeff Bova
* Peter Brotzmann
* Buckethead
* William S. Burroughs
* David Byrne*
* Ralph Carney
* Bootsy Collins
* Dub Syndicate
* Manu Dibango
* Sussan Deyhim
* Aiyb Dieng
* EBN
* Brian Eno*
* Flavor Flav
* Fred Frith
*Oz Fritz*
* Peter Gabriel*
* Gigi
* The Golden Palominos
* Trilok Gurtu
* Herbie Hancock
* Mick Harris
* Graham Haynes
* Zakir Hussain*
* Jonas Hellborg
* Whitney Houston
* Ronald Shannon Jackson
* Mick Jagger
* Kool Keith
* Last Poets
* Arto Lindsay
* John Lydon
* Master Musicians Of Jajouka
* Mot?rhead
* Pete Namlook
* Yoko Ono
* Daniel Ponce
* Public Image Limited
* The Ramones
* Nile Rodgers*
* Badal Roy
* Pharoah Sanders*
* Akira Sakata
* Style Scott
* Shankar
* Sonny Sharrock
* Archie Shepp
* Nicky Skopelitis
* Sly & Robbie
* DJ Spooky
* Sting
* Henry Threadgill
* James Blood Ulmer
* Steve Vai*
* Tom Verlaine
* Jah Wobble
* Bernie Worrell*
* John Zorn*
I have found some interesting stuff about him on the net,
but I would love to get a peak at some of his favorite gear, get some insight into his recording process, basically the full TapeOP treatment.
I have about 90% of all the TapeOp mags to date, so forgive me if he has been interviewed, and I missed it.
His volume and diversity of work, would be an excellent addition to any TapeOp issue.
Have you guys ever thought of an interview with him?
Much thanks to the TapeOp staff...you guys do a great job...much appreciated.
The web-site is not too shabby either.
Cheers, KT
I would love to see an interview with Bill Laswell.
This guy is a genius.
Some of his production, and collaboration credits include: ..to name a few
* Ahlam
* Aisha Kandisha's Jarring Effects
* Laurie Anderson*
* Atom Heart
* Azzddine
* Ginger Baker
* Afrika Bambaataa
* Paul Bowles
* Jeff Bova
* Peter Brotzmann
* Buckethead
* William S. Burroughs
* David Byrne*
* Ralph Carney
* Bootsy Collins
* Dub Syndicate
* Manu Dibango
* Sussan Deyhim
* Aiyb Dieng
* EBN
* Brian Eno*
* Flavor Flav
* Fred Frith
*Oz Fritz*
* Peter Gabriel*
* Gigi
* The Golden Palominos
* Trilok Gurtu
* Herbie Hancock
* Mick Harris
* Graham Haynes
* Zakir Hussain*
* Jonas Hellborg
* Whitney Houston
* Ronald Shannon Jackson
* Mick Jagger
* Kool Keith
* Last Poets
* Arto Lindsay
* John Lydon
* Master Musicians Of Jajouka
* Mot?rhead
* Pete Namlook
* Yoko Ono
* Daniel Ponce
* Public Image Limited
* The Ramones
* Nile Rodgers*
* Badal Roy
* Pharoah Sanders*
* Akira Sakata
* Style Scott
* Shankar
* Sonny Sharrock
* Archie Shepp
* Nicky Skopelitis
* Sly & Robbie
* DJ Spooky
* Sting
* Henry Threadgill
* James Blood Ulmer
* Steve Vai*
* Tom Verlaine
* Jah Wobble
* Bernie Worrell*
* John Zorn*
I have found some interesting stuff about him on the net,
but I would love to get a peak at some of his favorite gear, get some insight into his recording process, basically the full TapeOP treatment.
I have about 90% of all the TapeOp mags to date, so forgive me if he has been interviewed, and I missed it.
His volume and diversity of work, would be an excellent addition to any TapeOp issue.
Have you guys ever thought of an interview with him?
Much thanks to the TapeOp staff...you guys do a great job...much appreciated.
The web-site is not too shabby either.
Cheers, KT
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We've tried. Some people and their PR folks do not seem to care or to make this an easy thing. I'd love to be proved wrong...
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I know it will be tough, but I too vote for a Bill Laswell article. He absolutly rules.
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thirded, but if the PR folk are being jerks then what can you do...
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Another vote for a Laswell feature--maybe it could include stuff about his collaborators/engineers (Oz Fritz, Robert Musso...Herbie Hancock...Eno...Bootsy...Jah Wobble). He somehow manages to make mixes sound huge without being cluttered, and any of his careers (bassist, producer, remixer, indie A&R dude) is individually impressive. Coming from one guy...whoa!
He is not un-interviewable...there was just a brief feature on him in Guitar World's Bass magazine a few months ago (basically a half page talking about recording gear and his philosophy of heavy music). He was on the cover of the May '02 Bass Player--a great interview that opens with a question about people accusing him of appropriating other cultures' music for his own gain. That feature also includes a great sidebar where Robert Musso discusses their recipes for recording drums & bass plus approaches to mixing, mastering and getting a big bottom end.
Laswell's philosophy matches Tape Op's pretty well. In the Bass player story he says "I don't spend much time keeping up on gear. I'm more interested in inspiration, experience, people, and money---we have to find as much money as possible so we can pay the musicians and get gear. At the end of the day, it's just metal and wood and wires. You have to have ideas, inspriration, and integrity. Do your work and the gear will come."
He is not un-interviewable...there was just a brief feature on him in Guitar World's Bass magazine a few months ago (basically a half page talking about recording gear and his philosophy of heavy music). He was on the cover of the May '02 Bass Player--a great interview that opens with a question about people accusing him of appropriating other cultures' music for his own gain. That feature also includes a great sidebar where Robert Musso discusses their recipes for recording drums & bass plus approaches to mixing, mastering and getting a big bottom end.
Laswell's philosophy matches Tape Op's pretty well. In the Bass player story he says "I don't spend much time keeping up on gear. I'm more interested in inspiration, experience, people, and money---we have to find as much money as possible so we can pay the musicians and get gear. At the end of the day, it's just metal and wood and wires. You have to have ideas, inspriration, and integrity. Do your work and the gear will come."
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Another vote for Bill Laswell! I'm a big fan of his collaborations with Herbie Hancock and Zorn. His recordings always sound great, lots of clairty to them.
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email me questions and I'm supposed to call Bill and do a phone interview sometime soon!
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I'm interested in how the Praxis sessions were done. They sound like well recorded jams to me, but any insight into how they setup, arranged and rehearsed that shit would be awesome. Also, how do you balance so many "heavy hitters" both ego wise and sonically in a mix? What's his bass rig? Live and studio.
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